Founding Convention of Democratic Workers Party, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, 29th May 1998 (passed unanimously by the 215
delegates). We, the delegates of the founding convention of
the Democratic Workers Party, Bangladesh, share the same
concern as all the organisations and people of Asia, for
the destructive politics of the IMF and the World Bank.

Editorial, The New Nation, 30 April 2004. In
Bangladesh, one can say that the country is not too poorly
served by labour laws and their regulations on the
employers. However, trade union practices in Bangladesh seem
to be in older industries and services with new
ones—particularly the export oriented garments
industries—remaining largely unserved by trade
unions.

By Rafiq Hasan, The Daily Star, Vol. 4 Num
184, Sunday 30 November 2003. Dhaka may allow trade union
(TU) activities in the export processing zones (EPZs) in the
wake of Washington's threat to drop the generalised
system of preference (GSP) to its export items from January
if the activities were not allowed.